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PHOTOGRAPHY:^ BENEDICTREDGROVE;^ ANDREWDIPROSE;^JAMES^ DAY.ILLUSTRATION:^MATTHEWGREENDNA, AI, AR & 3DCreative director Andrew Diprose visits the studio of Robert Del
Naja (AKA 3D) for our feature story, Unfinished Symphony: “The
place is heaven for anyone who is into graffiti, graphic design or
happens to be a huge Massive Attack fan. Everywhere you look you
see fantastic art, stencil prints, robots... even a full-size Doctor
Who Cyberman. 3D was the perfect host, and my whole shoot crew
geeked out on robotics, coding, AR and music production. The
mix of bleeding edge DNA technology and old-school spray paint
stencil art was mind-blowing. The image above is Del Naja spraying
a DNA version of Mezzanine on to analogue vinyl. Very meta.”SCALE BUILDINGThis issue, photographer Benedict Redgrove tours the latest addition to the UK’s defences, the HMS
Prince of Wales: “Driving over the bridge from Edinburgh airport, you can see the ship just dwarfing
the buildings around it. The moment you get aboard and start walking around, it’s hard to describe just
how vast it feels. It’s also possibly the most expensive and technical building site I’ve ever been on.”Joao Medeiros
WIRED’s features
director profiles
Masayoshi Son,
founder of SoftBank,
the Japanese company
that’s driving the global
tech scene with an
investment portfolio
including giant startups
Uber and Alibaba: “Son
is renowned for having
a 300-year plan for
investing. He has a gift
for seeing an idea’s
long-term potential.”NOW YOU SEE IT...Set designer Vicky
Lees employed a few
tricks of her own for
the opening image
to our magic feature:
“I liked the idea of
bending your brain
with an illusion, so I
tried to make readers
question what they’re
seeing,” she says.
“The two-way mirrors
create a surreal vista- the weird objects are
actually a bit of rubber
tubing, some bendy
garden wire, and few
bits of painted wood.”
Amelia Tait
Tait explores the global
phenomenon of children
becoming ASMR
megastars on YouTube.
”Humans love pleasure,
whether that comes
from a slice of pizza
or someone tapping a
microphone in a way that
makes your brain tingle,”
she says. “Many adults
find children whispering
especially relaxing, and
kids like to watch their
peers do stuff online.”Warren du Preez &
Nick Thornton Jones
Bringing their slick,
surrealist aesthetic
to our feature on
the reimagining of
Massive Attack’s
Mezzanine, du Preez
and Thornton Jones
photograph art-
creating robot arms,
vintage studio tech,
and Robert Del Naja- who really does live,
breath and wear spray
paint at all times.